(ש"ע) ריאקציה, נסיגה; תגובה

n. action made in response to a stimulus; return to a previous state, restoration of a past condition

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Noun
1. a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude; "he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"; "John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp"
(hypernym) response
(derivation) react, respond
2. a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"
(synonym) response
(hypernym) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
(hyponym) automatism
(derivation) react, respond
3. (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"
(synonym) chemical reaction
(hypernym) chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
(hyponym) addition reaction
(derivation) react
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
4. an idea evoked by some experience; "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"
(hypernym) idea, thought
5. doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
(hypernym) resistance, opposition
(hyponym) backlash
6. extreme conservatism in political or social matters; "the forces of reaction carried the election"
(hypernym) conservatism, conservativism
7. (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"
(hypernym) force
(classification) mechanics

nf. reaction, response, feedback

n. reakce